Kit Beall CRO, Cohesity

Cohesity, Inc. appointed Kit Beall to the role of CRO.

A business development and enterprise tech veteran, he brings more than 30 years of experience, with expertise in software, cloud, security, AI and managed services. In this role, he will utilize his international experience in overseeing all sales and partner functions WW.

Prior to joining Cohesity, he was SVP of global accounts and telcos at VMware, where he was responsible for managing, growing, and advising VMware’s largest and most strategic global accounts, including some of VMware’s key verticals such as financial services. Prior to that, he was COO and SVP of global field sales at Uhana, an AI platform for 5G mobile networks. Uhana was acquired by VMware in 2019. Beall also spent 12 years at Cisco, most recently as VP sales for the company’s cloud and managed service business, as the company grew from $25 billion to $50 billion in revenue.

He has a reputation for helping customers and partners deliver on business outcomes by embracing technology and cloud services that can play a key role in addressing critical business challenges. He also is known for building and scaling high-performing, diverse teams.

“I’m thrilled to join Cohesity at this important juncture of the company’s evolution. I have long regarded Cohesity as having the best technology in the space, and deeply respect their CEO, founder, board, and management team,” he said. “Cohesity sits at the junction of three of the highest priority business issues today – security, cloud, and data management, and it provides a simple yet highly differentiated approach to securing, protecting, and deriving value from data. I look forward to helping customers and partners succeed, and working with this incredibly talented team.”

“I’ve known Kit for many years, and respected his track record of understanding customer pain points and connecting them to technology innovations that drive strong business outcomes. He is results oriented, an entrepreneurial change agent and brings strong customer and partner relationships to Cohesity,” said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and president. “Beyond that, Kit has the unique gift of being both strategically relevant to a customer, while also being deep in operational details – a valuable skill in leading a modern-day field operation. Kit will be a key member of my leadership team, and I’m delighted to have him on board.”

Beall is a patent holder in VoIP technology and received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science from Gettysburg College.